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ENROLLEDSCAHB784 4769 1995 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by Senate Committee on Judiciary C to Engrossed House Bill No.
784by BYRepresentative REPRESENTATIVESCox COXAMENDMENT ANDNO. DICKERSON AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.
15:541(24)(a),1 (25)(b)On throughpage (o),8, 542(C)(1)(introductoryline paragraph)and(2),542.1(A)(introductoryparagraph)and(2)(a)and(c)and(d),and19, 543.1,change R.S."released" to "release" AMENDMENT NO.
32:412(I)(1),2 (2),On (4),page and10, (5),line and1, R.S.after "conviction" insert "for that offense" AMENDMENT NO.
40:1321(J),3 toOn enactpage R.S.10, line 2, after "Statutes" insert "of 1950" Page 1 of 1
15:541(25)(p)and(q),542.1(A)(2)(e),and542.1.2(A)(5)andR.S.32:412(I)(6),and torepealR.S.15:542.1(A)(1)(e),relativetosexoffenderregistrationandnotification requirements;
to provide relative to criminal offenses that constitute a sex offense and sexual offenses against a victim who is a minor;
to provide relative to sex offenderregistrationandnotificationrequirementsandprocedures;providesrelative todutiesofoffenders;providesforcorrespondingchangestotheformthatthecourts use for written notification;
to provide relative to identification procedures for sex offenders;
to provide for an effective date;
and to provide for related matters.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
Section 1.
R.S.
15:541(24)(a), (25)(b) through (o), 542(C)(1)(introductory paragraph) and (2), 542.1(A)(introductoryparagraph) and (2)(a) and (c) and (d), and 543.1 are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
15:541(25)(p) and (q), 542.1(A)(2)(e), and 542.1.2(A)(5) are herebyenacted to read as follows:
§541.
Definitions ForthepurposesofthisChapter,thedefinitions oftermsinthisSectionshall apply:
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784 ENROLLED (24)(a) "Sex offense" means deferred adjudication, adjudication withheld, or conviction for the perpetration or attempted perpetration of or conspiracy to commit human trafficking when prosecuted under the provisions of R.S.
14:46.2(B)(2), R.S.
14:46.3 (trafficking of children for sexual purposes), R.S.
14:73.13(A) or (B)(2) (unlawful deepfakes),R.S.
14:89 (crime against nature),R.S.
14:89.1 (aggravated crime against nature), R.S.
14:89.2(B)(3) (crime against nature by solicitation), R.S.
14:80 (felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile), R.S.
14:81 (indecent behavior with juveniles), R.S.
14:81.1 (pornography involving juveniles) which occurred prior to August 1, 2025, R.S.
14:81.2 (molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental disability), R.S.
14:81.3 (computer-aided solicitationofaminor),R.S.14:81.4(prohibitedsexualconductbetweenaneducator andstudent),R.S.14:82.1(prostitution;personsundereighteen),R.S.14:82.2(C)(4) or (5) (purchase of commercial sexual activity), R.S.
14:83(B)(2) or (3) (soliciting forprostitutes),R.S.14:92(A)(7)(contributingtothedelinquencyofjuveniles),R.S.
14:93.5(sexualbatteryofpersonswithinfirmities),R.S.14:106(A)(5)(obscenityby solicitation of a person under the age of seventeen),R.S.
14:283 (video voyeurism), R.S.14:41(rape),R.S.14:42(aggravatedorfirstdegreerape),R.S.14:42.1(forcible orseconddegreerape),R.S.14:43(simpleorthirddegreerape),R.S.14:43.1(sexual battery), R.S.
14:43.2 (second degree sexual battery), R.S.
14:43.3 (oral sexual battery), R.S.
14:43.5 (intentional exposure to HIV), a second or subsequent conviction of R.S.
14:283.1 (voyeurism), or a second or subsequent conviction of R.S.
14:89.3 (sexual abuse of an animal), committed on or after June 18, 1992, or committed prior to June 18, 1992, if the person, as a result of the offense, is under the custodyof the Department of Public Safetyand Corrections on or after June 18, 1992.
A convictionforanyoffenseprovidedin this definition includes a conviction for the offenseunder the laws of another state, or military, territorial, foreign, tribal, or federal law which is equivalent to an offense provided for in this Chapter, unless thetribal court or foreign conviction was not obtainedwith sufficientsafeguardsfor fundamental fairness and due process for the accused as provided by the federal Page 2 of 21 CODING:
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784 ENROLLED guidelines adopted pursuant to the Adam Walsh Child Protection and SafetyAct of 2006.
* * * (25) "Sexualoffenseagainstavictimwhoisaminor"meansaconvictionfor the perpetration or attempted perpetration of, or conspiracy to commit, any of the following:
* * * (b) Oral sexual battery when the victim is under the age of eighteen (R.S.
14:43.3).
(c) Aggravatedcrime against nature as defined byR.S.
14:89.1(A)(2)under the circumstances not listed as those which constitute an "aggravated offense" as defined in this Section.
Unlawful deepfakes depicting a minor in violation of R.S.
14:73.13(A) or (B)(2).
(d) Indecent behavior with a juvenile when prosecutedunder the provisions of R.S.
14:81(H)(2) and the victim is under the age of thirteen.
(d) (e)(i) Pornography involving juveniles (R.S.
14:81.1), which occurred prior to August 1, 2025.
(ii) Child sexual abuse materials (R.S.
14:81.1), which occurred on or after August 1, 2025.
(e) (f) Molestation of a juvenile or a person with a physical or mental disability (R.S.
14:81.2), except when prosecuted under the provisions of R.S.
14:81.2(C)(1), (D)(1), or (D)(2).
(f) (g) Computer-aided solicitation of a minor (R.S.
14:81.3).
(g) (h) Prostitution;
persons under eighteen (R.S.
14:82.1).
(h) Enticing minors into prostitution (R.S.
14:86).
(i) Pandering in violation of R.S.
14:84(1), (3), (5), and (6).
(j) Solicitingforprostituteswhenthepersonsbeingsolicitedforprostitution are under the age of eighteen years (R.S.
14:83).
(k) Incitingprostitutionwhentheprostitutioninvolvespersonsundertheage of eighteen years (R.S.
14:83.1).
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784 ENROLLED (l) Promoting prostitution when the prostitution being promoted involves persons under the age of eighteen years (R.S.
14:83.2).
(m) Operation of places of prostitution when the prostitution involves persons under the age of eighteen years (R.S.
14:282).
(n) CrimeagainstnatureprosecutedundertheprovisionsofR.S.14:89other than R.S.
14:89(B)(2) or (3) and the victim of the offensehas not attained the age of eighteen.
(i) Solicitingforprostituteswhenthepersonsbeingsolicitedforprostitution are under the age of eighteen years (R.S.
14:83).
(j) Incitingprostitutionwhentheprostitutioninvolvespersonsundertheage of eighteen years (R.S.
14:83.1).
(k) Promoting prostitution when the prostitution being promoted involves persons under the age of eighteen years (R.S.
14:83.2).
(l) Pandering in violation of R.S.
14:84(1), (3), (5), or (6).
(m) Enticing minors into prostitution (R.S.
14:86).
(n) CrimeagainstnatureprosecutedundertheprovisionsofR.S.14:89other than R.S.
14:89(B)(2) or (3) and the victim of the offensehas not attained the age of eighteen.
(o) Aggravatedcrimeagainst nature as defined byR.S.
14:89.1(A)(2)under the circumstances not listed as those which constitute an "aggravated offense" as defined in this Section.
(p) Operationofplacesofprostitutionwhentheprostitutioninvolvespersons under the age of eighteen years (R.S.
14:282).
(o) (q) Any conviction for an offense under the laws of another state, or military, territorial, foreign,tribal,orfederallaw which is equivalent to the offenses listed in Subparagraphs (a) through (n) (p) of this Paragraph.
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784 ENROLLED C.(1) Theoffendershallregisterandprovideallofthefollowinginformation to the appropriate law enforcement agencies listed in Subsection B of this Section in accordance with the time periods provided for in this Subsection:
* * * (2) Unless an earlier time period is specified in the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, every offender required to register in accordance with this SectionshallappearinpersonandprovidetheinformationrequiredbyParagraph(1) ofthisSubsectiontotheappropriatelawenforcementagencieswithinthreebusiness days of establishing residence in Louisiana.
If the offender is a current resident of Louisianaandisnot immediatelytakenintocustodyorincarceratedafterconviction or adjudication, he shall provide the information on the date of conviction to the sheriffsoftheparishwheretheoffenderwasconvictedoradjudicatedfortheoffense that requires registration pursuant to this Chapter and shall, within three business days after conviction or adjudication, provide the information to the sheriff of the parishes of the offender's residence, employment, and school.
If incarcerated immediately after conviction or placed in a secure facility immediately after adjudication for the offense that requires registration pursuant to this Chapter, the information required by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be provided to the secretaryoftheDepartmentofPublicSafetyandCorrections,orhis designee, or the deputy secretary for youth services, or his designee, whichever has custody of the offender,within tendays prior to releasefromconfinement.
Oncereleasedfromthe initialperiodofconfinementfortheoffensethatrequiresregistrationpursuanttothis Chapter, everyoffendershall appearin person within three business days to register with the appropriate law enforcement agencies pursuant to the provision of this Section.
Theoffendershall registerwith thesheriffoftheparishin whichwherethe residence address he initially supplied to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections is located, unless his residence address has changed and he has registered with the sheriff of the parish in which where his new residence address is located.
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784 ENROLLED §542.1.
Notification of sex offenders and child predators A.
Anyadultresidinginthisstatewhohaspledguiltyto,hasbeenconvicted of, or where adjudication has been deferred or withheld for the perpetration or attempted perpetration of, or conspiracyto commit, a sex offense as defined in R.S.
15:541 or a criminal offense against a minor as defined in R.S.
15:541 shall be required to provide the following notifications:
* * * (2)(a) Give notice of the crime for which he was convicted, his name, jurisdiction ofconviction,adescriptionofhisphysicalcharacteristicsasrequiredby this Section, and his physical address by mail to all people residing within the designated area within twenty-one days of the date of conviction, if the offender is not taken into custody at the time of conviction, or within twenty-one days of the date of release from the initial period of confinement for the offense that requires registration pursuant to this Chapter or within twenty-one days of establishing residencyin the locale where the offender plans to have his domicile, and the notice shall be published on two separate days within the applicable period provided for herein, without cost to the state, in the official journal of the governing authorityof the parish wherethedefendantplansto resideand,if orderedbythe sheriff or police department or required by local ordinance, in a newspaper which meets the requirementsofR.S.
43:140(3)forqualificationasanofficialjournalandwhichhas a larger or smaller circulation in the parish than the official journal.
The notice provided to the official journal or other designated newspaper pursuant to this Subparagraph shall also include a recent photograph of the offender or a clear photocopy of a recent photograph of the offender.
* * * (c) After initial notifications are completed, if the offender is subsequently arrestedforanyreasonorinvoluntarilycommittedtoconfinementinamentalhealth facility, and is held for more than thirty days but returns to the same residence address that was registered prior to arrest or confinement, it shall not be necessary Page 6 of 21 CODING:
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(c) (d) The sheriff or police department may order that the notice be published in a newspaper which meets the requirements of R.S.
43:140(3) for qualification as an official journal and which has a larger circulation in the parish than the official journal.
(d) (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph, persons convicted of R.S.
14:92(A)(7) shall not be required to publish notice of the crime for which they were convicted in the official journal or any newspaper required bythose Subparagraphs.
* * * §542.1.2.
Duty of offenders to notify law enforcement of change of address, residence, or other registration information A.
Unless an earlier time period is otherwise specified in the provisions of this Chapter, those persons required to register pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter shall appearin person at the sheriff's officein theparishof residence,or the police department in the case of a municipality with a population in excess of three hundred thousand, where the offender is currentlyregistered to update information registration within three business days of establishing a new or additional physical residentialaddressorofchangesininformationpreviouslyprovidedwhenanyofthe following occur:
* * * (5) The offender, after initial registration, is subsequently arrested for any reason or involuntarily committed to confinement in a mental health facility and is held for more than thirty days in the prison or mental health facility.
(i) If the offender is returning to the same residence address that was registered prior to arrest or confinement, it shall not be necessary to renew community notifications unless five years have elapsed since his last notifications were sent as required byR.S.
15:542.1.
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784 ENROLLED (ii) The offendershall provide, in writing, his intended residence address to theinstitution whereheisincarceratedorconfinedwithinthreedayspriortorelease.
Prior to the release of the offender, the institution shall forward the intended residence of the offender to the sheriff's office in the parish where the institution is located for inclusion in the Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry.
* * * §543.1.
Written notification by the courts;
form to be used STATE V.
______________ ______ JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT DOCKET # __________ PARISH OF ___________________ DIVISION ______ STATE OF LOUISIANA Notification to Sex Offender In accordance with R.S.
15:543, this court has the duty to provide _______________________ (name of offender) with the information necessaryfor awareness of sex offender and child predator registration and notification requirements as well as any applicable requirements of supervised release pursuant to Chapter 3-E of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
_______________________ has pled guilty to, been found guilty of, or been adjudicated delinquent of a violation of Title 14, Section ____ Subsection ____ of theLouisianaRevisedStatutesof1950.
This crimeofconvictionoradjudicationis:
( ) Under R.S.
15:541, defined as an aggravated offense or, with regard to offenders adjudicated as juveniles, an offense listed in R.S.
15:542(A)(3) which, pursuanttoR.S.15:544(B)(2)(a)or(b),requireslifetimeregistrationandnotification under Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
( ) Asecondconvictionforanoffenserequiringregistrationandnotification under the provisions of Chapter 3-Bof Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 which, pursuant to R.S.
15:544(B)(2)(c), requires lifetime registration and notificationunderChapter3-BofTitle15oftheLouisianaRevisedStatutesof1950.
( ) Under R.S.
15:541, defined as a sexual offense against a victim who is a minor which, pursuant to R.S.
15:544(B)(1), requires 25 years of registration and notificationunderChapter3-BofTitle15oftheLouisianaRevisedStatutesof1950.
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784 ENROLLED ( ) Is defined neither as an aggravated offense nor a sexual offense against a victim who is a minor under R.S.
15:541 which, pursuant to R.S.
15:544(A), requires15yearsofregistrationandnotificationunderChapter3-BofTitle15ofthe Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
The above registration and notification periods shall begin to toll from the date you are released from prison, from the date of being placed on parole, supervised release or probation, or from the date of your conviction, if you are not sentenced to a term of imprisonment or jail.
Additionally, you have been convicted of:
( ) An aggravated offense as defined in R.S.
15:541 or more than one conviction of an offense that requires registration pursuant to R.S.
15:542 and 544(B)(2)(c), you must update your registration, in person, every ninety days from the date of initial registration, with the appropriate law enforcement agencies as provided in R.S.
15:542.
( ) A sexual offense involving a victim who is a minor as defined in R.S.
15:541,youmustupdateyourregistration,inperson,everysix monthsfromthedate of initial registration, with the appropriate law enforcement agencies as provided in R.S.
15:542.
( ) An offense not defined in R.S.
15:541 as an aggravated offense or a sexualoffenseinvolvingavictim whois aminor, youmustupdateyourregistration, in person, annually from the date of initial registration, with the appropriate law enforcement agencies as provided in R.S.
15:542.
Additionally, if the offense that requires registration as a sex offender involves a victim under the age of thirteen and you are incarceratedas a result of the conviction for that offense, you are advised that you will be subjected to supervised releaseunderChapter3-EofTitle15oftheLouisianaRevisedStatutesof1950once you are released from incarceration.
A copy of these statutes are provided to you with this notification.
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784 ENROLLED Based on the foregoing, you are herebynotified of the following:
(1) That you, within three (3) business days of establishing residence in Louisiana or if a current resident, within three (3) business days after conviction or adjudication if not immediately incarcerated or taken into custody, or within three (3) business days after release from confinement, shall obtain and provide the following information to each sheriff or police department in accordance with R.S.
15:542(B)(exceptinOrleansParishwhereregistrationshalltakeplacewiththeNew Orleans Police Department):
(a) Name and anyaliases used by you.
(b) Physical address or addresses of residence.
(c) Name and physical address of place of employment.
If you do not have afixedplaceofemployment,youshallprovideinformationwithasmuchspecificity as possible regarding the places where you work, including but not limited to travel routes used by you.
(d) Name and physical address of the school in which where you are a student.
(e) Two forms of proof of residence for each residential address provided, including but not limited to a driver's license, bill for utility service, and bill for telephone service.
If those forms of proof of residence are not available, you may provide an affidavit of an adult resident living at the same address.
The affidavit shall certify that the affiant understands his obligation to provide written notice pursuant to R.S.
15:542.1.4 to the appropriate law enforcement agency with whom you last registered when you no longer reside at the residence provided in the affidavit.
(f) The crime for which you were convicted and the date and place of such conviction, and if known by you, the court in which where the conviction was obtained, the docket number of the case, the specific statute under which you were convicted, and the sentence imposed.
(g) A current photograph, fingerprints, palm prints, and a DNA sample.
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784 ENROLLED (h) Telephone numbers, including fixed location phone and mobile phone numbers assigned to you or associated with your residence address.
(i) Adescriptionofeverymotorizedvehicleregisteredtooroperatedbyyou, includinglicenseplatenumberandvehicleidentificationnumber,andacopyofyour driver's licenseandidentificationcard.
This informationshouldalwaysbeprovided before the vehicle is operated and, if the vehicle is registered to you, no more than three days after the vehicle is registered, even if it has not yet been operated.
(j) Social security number and date of birth.
(k) A description of your physical characteristics, including but not limited to sex, race, hair color, eye color, height, age, weight, scars, tattoos, or other identifying marks on your body.
(l) Every e-mail address, online screen name, or other online identity, including any static IP addresses, used by you to communicate on the Internet.
(m)(i) Temporary lodging information regarding any place where you plan to stay for seven or more days and the length of the stay.
This information shall be provided at least three days prior to the date of departure unless an emergency situation has prevented the timely disclosure of the information.
(ii) Temporary lodging information regarding international travel shall be provided regardless of the number of days or nights you plan to stay.
This information shall be provided at least twenty-one days prior to the date of departure unlessanemergencysituationhaspreventedthetimelydisclosureoftheinformation.
Upon receipt of this information by the bureau from the law enforcement agency, this information shall then be sent by the bureau to the United States Marshals Service's National Sex Offender Targeting Center for transmission to the proper authorities.
(n) Travelandimmigrationdocuments,includingbutnotlimitedtopassports and documents establishing immigration status.
(o) Astatesexoffenderidentificationcardfromtheofficeofmotorvehicles.
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784 ENROLLED inwhichwhereyouareemployedandattendschoolinaccordancewithR.S.15:542.
For initial registration only, you, if you are not immediately taken into physical custody,shallregisteronthedateofconvictionoradjudicationwiththesheriffinthe parish of your conviction or adjudication in accordance with R.S.
15:542.
If you live, work, or attend school in Orleans Parish, however, you shall register with the New Orleans Police Department and not with the sheriff of that parish.
(3) If you are incarcerated as a result of the crime, you shall provide all informationlistedinParagraph(1)ofthisSectiontotheDepartmentofPublicSafety andCorrections,orifajuvenile,totheofficeofjuvenilejustice,withinten(10)days prior to release from confinement.
You shall still appear in person at the sheriff's officewithinthree(3)businessdaysofreleasefromconfinement.
Youshallregister with the sheriff of the parish in which where the residence address you initially suppliedtothedepartmentislocated,unlesstheresidencehaschangedandyouhave registered with the sheriff of the parish in which wherethe new residence address is located.
(4) During the declaration of an emergency, if you enter an emergency shelter you shall, within the first twenty-four (24) hours of admittance, notify the management of thefacility,thechief of police of the municipality, and the sheriffof the parish in which where the shelter is located of your sex offender status in accordance with R.S.
15:543.2 and R.S.
29:726(E)(14)(c) through (e).
(5) You have a duty to provide notice of change of address or other registrationinformationtothesheriffoftheparishofresidencewithinthreebusiness days.
If the new or additional residence is located in a different parish, then you must register with the sheriff of the parish in which where the new or additional residence is located.
You shall also send written notice within three business days of re-registering in the new parish to the sheriff of the parish of former registration in accordance with R.S.
15:542.1.2.If the new address is situated within a municipality, you must also register with the police department of that municipality within three business days of establishing the residence.
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784 ENROLLED (6) You shall give notice of the crime for which you were convicted, your name, address, a physical description, and a photograph to the following in accordance with R.S.
15:542.1:
(a) At least one person in every residence or business within a one-mile radius in a rural area and a three-tenthsof a mile radius in an urban or suburban area oftheaddressoftheresidencewhereyouwillresideuponrelease,includingalladult residents of your residence.
(b) The superintendent of the school district where you will reside.
(c) The lessor, landlord, or owner of the residence or the propertyon which you reside.
(d) The superintendent of the park, playground, and recreation districts within the designated area where you will reside only if the victim was under eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the commission of the offense.
*Anyperson convicted of a violation of R.S.
14:89 shall not have to include a photograph in the notice described in Paragraph (6).
*Juveniles adjudicated for a crime requiring registration DO NOT have to provide this community notice.
(7) InaccordancewithR.S.15:542.1,communitynotificationshallbegiven by mail within twenty-one days of the date of conviction, if you are not taken into custodyat the time of conviction, and within twenty-one days of the date of release from confinement if sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the conviction of the sex offense.
This notification shall also occur within twenty-one days of each time you change residence within twenty-one days of establishing residency in the new locale.
This notificationshallalsooccuratleasteveryfiveyears,whetherornotyou change residences.
This notificationshall occurin each jurisdiction in which where you regularly reside.
*Juveniles adjudicated for a crime requiring registration DO NOT have to provide this community notice.
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784 ENROLLED authority of the parish where you plan to reside, unless ordered to be published in a different journal or newspaper bythe sheriff or local ordinance.
*Those convicted of R.S.
14:92(A)(7) are not required to publish notice in the newspaper or official journal as provided in Paragraph (8).
*Juveniles who are adjudicated for a crime requiring registration DO NOT have to provide this community notice.
(9) In accordance with R.S.
15:542.1(B), an offender who provides recreationalinstructiontopersonsundertheageofseventeen(17)shallpostanotice in the building or facility where such instruction is being given.
This notice shall contain your name and photograph, the date and jurisdiction of conviction, and the crime for which you were convicted.
(10) In accordance with R.S.
15:542(C)(2), you must, within ten (10) days prior to release from a correctional facility, provide a photograph and all other requiredregistrationinformationtotheDepartmentofPublicSafetyandCorrections, or if a juvenile, to the office of juvenile justice for purposes of the State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry.
Providing false information during this process constitutes failure to register exposing you to prosecution and the penalties detailed at the end of this document.
The address provided to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections through this process shall be presumed to be your residenceaddress.
In accordancewithR.S.15:542(C)(2),youmustregisterwiththe sheriffoftheparishinwhichwherethisaddressislocatedwithinthreebusinessdays of your release from confinement, whether or not you actuallyestablish a residence there,unlessyouestablisharesidenceelsewhereANDregisterwith thatjurisdiction within three business days of your release from confinement.
Failure to do so is a violation of the registration statutes and will subject you to prosecution under R.S.
15:542.1.4.
(11) In accordance with R.S.
15:542.1.2, if you change your place of residenceorestablishaneworadditionalresidence,youshallappearinpersonatthe office of the sheriff of your parish of residence where you are currently registered within three (3) business days of the change to register the new address.
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If your parish of residence is in Orleans Parish, then the registration shall take place at the New Orleans Police Department and not with the Orleans Parish Sheriff.
(12) In accordancewith R.S.
15:542.1.2, ifyouareabsentfromyourcurrent address of registration for more than thirty(30) consecutive days or an aggregate of thirty (30) days or more in a calendar year, and are physically present at another addressduringthatsameperiodoftime, youshall registerinpersonthenewaddress asoneofyouraddressesofresidence.
Ifthenewaddressisinaparishdifferentfrom your current address, you shall also register in person with the sheriff of the new parish within three (3) business days of the tolling of the time periods listed.
This requirementnotwithstanding,youshallstillnotifythesheriffofoneofyourparishes of residence in person if you are to take up temporarylodging for seven (7) or more days.
It is only after the thirty-day limit is exceeded that the new registration shall occur.
(13) Youshallalsoappearin personattheofficeofthesheriffofanyofyour parishes of residence when there is a change in your name, place of employment, or enrollment.
This appearance shall occur within three (3) business days of the change.
If your address of residence is in Orleans Parish, this registration update shall take place at the New Orleans Police Department and not with the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office.
(14) After your initial registration, if you are subsequently arrested for any reasonorinvoluntarilycommittedtoconfinementinamentalhealthfacilityandyou are held for more than thirty days in prison or a mental health facility, you shall appear in person at the office of the sheriff of your parish of residence (except in Orleans Parish where registration shall take place with the New Orleans Police Department) where you are currentlyregistered within three (3) business days.
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(b) You shall provide, in writing, your intended residence address to the institution where you are incarcerated or confined within three (3) days prior to release.
(14) (15) You shall be prohibited from certain types of employment in accordance with R.S.
15:553 for the duration of the registration period.
A copy of this statute is provided to you with this notification.
(15) (16) In accordance with R.S.
15:542(C), you shall update your registration annually on the anniversary of the initial registration by appearing in person at the office of each law enforcement agencywith which you are required to register and shall pay an annual registration fee of sixty dollars ($60.00).
(16) (17) Failure to comply with any of these registration and notification requirements is a felony for which you shall be punished by a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and imprisonment at hard labor for not less than two years nor more than ten years without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
Upon a second or subsequent conviction, you shall be punished by a fine of up to three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) and imprisonment at hard labor for not lessthanfiveyears,normorethantwentyyearswithout benefitofparole,probation, or suspension of sentence.
(17) (18) For those offenders who have been convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S.
15:541 involving a victim who was under the age of thirteen (13) at the time of the offense, R.S.
14:91.2 is applicable which prohibits such offenders fromresidingorbeingpresentincertainlocations.
Acopyofthisstatuteisprovided to you with this notification.
(18) (19) For those offenders who have been convicted of R.S.
14:81 (indecent behavior with juveniles), R.S.
14:81.1 (pornography involving juveniles) which occurredprior to August 1, 2025, R.S.
14:81.1 (child sexual abuse materials) whichoccurredonorafterAugust1,2025,R.S.14:81.3(computer-aidedsolicitation of a minor), or R.S.
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15:541 in which where the victim of the sex offense was a minor, R.S.
14:91.5, which prohibits such offenders from using certain social networking websites, is applicable.
A copy of this statute is provided to you with this notification.
If you are not otherwise prohibited and use anysocial networking website, you must include in your profile for the social networking website an indication that you are a sex offender or child predator in accordance with R.S.
15:542.1(D).
You must include notice of the crime for which you were convicted, thejurisdictionofconviction,adescriptionofyourphysicalcharacteristics,andyour residential address.
This notice must be visible to all other users and visitors of the networking website.
THUS DONE AND SIGNED this ____ day of _____________, 20___ in open court, in_____________, Louisiana.
______________________________ Judge, ____ Judicial District Court I hereby certify that the above requirements have been explained to me, that I have received a copy of the above notice of sex offender registration and notification requirements, and a copyof the statutes providing for such requirements.
Ialso understand thatIwillbesubjecttoanychangesmadebythelegislaturetotheregistrationlawsfromthis day forward.
____________________________ (Name of Sex Offender) ____________________________ Defense Counsel Signature Section 3.
R.S.
32:412(I) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§412.
Amount of fees;
credit or refund;
duration of license;
veteran designation;
special needs or accommodation designations;
disbursement of funds;
renewalbymailorelectroniccommerceofClass"D"or"E"drivers'licenses;
disposition of certain fees;
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784 ENROLLED I.(1) The A Louisiana driver's license, regardless of its class, issued to any personwhois requiredto registerasasex offenderpursuantto R.S.
15:542andR.S.
15:542.1 Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall contain a restriction quick response code which declares that or a QR code on the back of the driver's license for the purposes of assisting law enforcement in determiningwhetheror not thelicenseholderis asex offender.
The secretaryof the DepartmentofPublicSafetyandCorrectionsshallcomplywiththeprovisionsofthis Subsectionandthedriver'slicenseshallincludethewords"sexoffender"whichshall be orange in color.
(2) Anyperson to whom this Subsection applies shall carryupon his person the last driver's license issued to him.
A person who is issued a driver's license pursuant to this Subsection shall carry his driver's license on his person at all times when he is outside of his residence.
* * * (4) Any person to whom who is subject to this Subsection applies shall personally appear at a motor vehicle field office to renew his driver's license every year, in addition to the yearly reregistration pursuant to R.S.
15:542 et seq.
Reregistrationshallincludethesubmissionofcurrentinformationtothedepartment and the verification of registration information, including the street address and telephone number of the registrant;
name, street address, and telephone number of the registrant's employer, and anyother registration information that mayneed to be verified.
Upon successful completion of reregistration, the bureau shall electronically transmit this fact the completed reregistration to the office of motor vehicleswhichmaythenproceedtorenewthedriver'slicense.
Inordertoreimburse theofficeofmotor vehiclesforthecost ofayearlyissuance,theTheregularrenewal fee shall be collected at each renewal pursuant to this Subsection.
(5) Whoever intentionally fails to meet the requirements of this Subsection shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
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This Subsection does not apply to any registered sex offender who possesses a special identification card pursuant to R.S.
40:1321(J).
A registered sex offender who has been issued a driver's license pursuant to this Subsection shall forfeit his driver's license to the office of motor vehicles if he subsequently obtains a special identification card pursuant to R.S.
40:1321(J).
Any registered sex offender who has both a driver's licenseandaspecialidentificationcardshallhaveaquickresponsecodeorQRcode on his driver's licenseandspecial identificationcard,asrequiredbythis Subsection.
* * * Section 4.
R.S.
40:1321(J) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§1321.
State identification cards;
special identification cards;
issuance;
veteran designation;
special needs or accommodation designations;
fees;
expiration and renewal;
exceptions;
promulgation of rules;
promotion of use;
persons less than twenty-one years of age;
the Protect and Save our Children Program;
Selective Service Registration * * * J.(1) Any person required to register as a sex offender with the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, as required by R.S.
15:542 et seq., pursuant to Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 shall obtain a special identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety andCorrectionswhichshallcontainarestrictionquickresponsecodedeclaringthat, or QR Code, on the back of the special identification card for the purposes of assistinglawenforcementindeterminingwhetherornottheholderisasexoffender.
This special identification card shall include the words "sex offender" in all capital letters which are orange in color and shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance.
This special identification card shall be carried on the person The holder shall carry the special identification card on his person at all times by the individual required to register as a sex offender when he is outside of his residence.
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784 ENROLLED (2) Eachpersonrequiredtocarryaspecialidentificationcardpursuanttothis Subsection shall personally appear, annually, at a field office of the office of motor vehiclesto renewobtainhis orherspecialidentificationcardbut onlyafterheorshe has registered as an a sex offender pursuant to R.S.
15:542 et seq Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Reregistration shall include includesthesubmissionofcurrentinformationtothedepartmentandtheverification of this information, which shall include includes the street address and telephone number of the registrant;
the name, street address, and telephone number of the registrant's employer, and anyregistration information that may need to be verified by the bureau.
No special identification card shall be issued or renewed until the office of motor vehicles receives confirmation from the bureau The office of motor vehicles shall not issue a special identification card until the bureau has confirmed to the office, electronically or by other means, that the reregistration of the sex offender has been completed.
(3) The provisions of this Except as provided in Paragraph (5) of this Subsection, this Subsection shall applyapplies to all sex offenderswhoarerequired to register pursuant to R.S.
15:542 et seq.
Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, regardless of the date of conviction.
(4) Whoever violates intentionally fails to meet the requirements of this Subsection shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars and not nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
(5) This Subsection does not apply to any registered sex offender who possesses a driver's license pursuant to R.S.
32:412(I).
A registered sex offender who has been issued a special identification card pursuant to this Subsection shall forfeit his special identification card to the office of motor vehicles if he subsequently obtains a driver's license pursuant to R.S.
32:412(I).
Any registered sex offender who has both a driver's license and a special identification card shall have a quick response code or QR code on his driver's license and special identification card, as required bythis Subsection.
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15:542.1(A)(1)(e) is herebyrepealed in its entirety.
Section 6.
This Section and Sections 3 and 4 of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2027.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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